Did a little online racing in Forza 4 last night and I can only describe it as ugly and raucous. People in general were unfriendly to one another, casting vicious verbal insults back and forth during the races. One person accused another of still living at home with their parents to which the person responded with: "I live in my own Condo and as a matter of fact I'm also the owner of my own Pro Shop". The words he spoke were a bit garbled as is often the case when communicating via headset and this caused another person to reply "Did you say you are the owner of your own Porn shop!?" This brought a little laughter, but it was soon swallowed up by the ugliness of hate filled speech once again. This continued into the next race with people intentionally running one another off the track and hurling foul insults back and forth. I had heard enough and after the race while we were all in the pre-race lobby selecting our cars I spoke out by saying "Jesus said we will be held accountable for every idle word we speak". This statement caused the people who were attacking one another to suddenly turn against me and begin hurling insults against the name of Christ. I then simply responded with "Let's not be angry with such hate toward each other, but instead let's love one another. We are on this world for such a short time, let's be kind to each other". This caused one person to state "I hate everybody. I'm not here to make friends".
The point I want to keep in mind is that this behavior, while taking place inside the confines of a video game, can easily and does quite frequently spill out into the "real" world. These are dangerous and Godless times we live in.